Ironing-table



(ModeL) I H. M. LANDERS.

IRONING TABLE.

Patented May 19, 1891.

INVENTOR:

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HERBERT M. LANDERS, OF MARSHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,675, dated May 19,1891.

Application filed August 30,1890. Serial No. 363.541. (ModeL) To aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. LANDERS,

of Marshfield, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and Improved Ironing-Table, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables; and the objectof my invention is to produce a simple and convenient table that may befolded into a very small compass and that may be qnickl y and easilyplaced in position for use.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations otparts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of a table embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same with the supporting-legs andconnected parts folded upon the under side of the table-top, and Fig. 3is a detail perspective view of the stop for regulating the height ofthe table.

The table-top Ais pointed at one end A to adapt it for use as anironing-board, and fixed to the under side of the top A, and extendingfrom the square end of the same for about two-thirds the length of thetop, is a strip 13, having near its inner end and next the tabletop alongitudinal recess b, and in the lower portion of the recess 1), nearone end, are transverse dovetail recesses 19', adapted to receive thestop 0 to regulate the height of the table, as hereinafter described,said stop having upon its upper surface a piece of rubber c to retain itin position in the dovetail recesses.

Pivoted to each side of the strip B, near the square end of thetable-top, are the parallel legs D, which extend a little more than theentire length of the table-top and are curved outwardly at the ends toform suitable feet D. A block d is fixed between the two legs D near thepoint where the legs diverge, said block serving as a brace for thelegs, and the legs are provided upon their upper edge with a transverserecess d to enable the legs to be closed closely against the table-top,as hereinafter described. The upper corners of the legs at theirpivoted. ends are beveled, as shown at (1 to enable the legs to turneasily upon the pivot. A pair of legs E are pivoted between the lugs Fand G on the under side of the table-top and near the center of thesame, said legs being arranged parallel with the legs D when the legsare closed, as shown in Fig. 2, and the free ends of the legs E arecurved outwardly to form feet E. Thelegs E are arranged on each side ofthe legs D and are connected by a rod 6, which serves as a support forthe legs D when the table is in position for use, as shown in Fig. 1,the rod having a central bend e, which projects between the legs D, andthus prevents the legs from moving sidewise. The lugs F and G arearranged parallel with the strip 13, and the lugs G are longer than thelugs F, so as to serve as guides for the braces J, which close betweenthe lugs G and the legs D.

Pivoted to each of the legs E is a link H, said links being pivoted attheir opposite ends to the braces J, and the braces J extend in a nearlyvertical position when the table is open, as shown in Fig. 1, the bracesbeing pivoted to the legs D, near the lower ends of the braces, and theupper ends of the braces being united by a rod j,which extends throughthe recess 12 of the strip B and holds the braces in place. The bracesare cut away slightly, as at j, near their upper ends, for the rod j, sothat when the braces are closed they will lie flat against thetable-top.

To open the table, it is stood upon the short legs E, and then bypressing on the square end of the table the longer legs will be throwninto operative position beneath the pointed end of the table-top and theshorter legs beneath the square end of the table-top. The longer legswill rest upon the rod e, and the links H will extend in a nearlyhorizontal posi tion, and the braces J in a nearly vertical positionwith the rod j resting against the table-top and near one end of therecess b against the stop 0, thus serving as a substantial brace for thetable. By removing the stop 0 from one of the transverse recesses 17'and inserting it in another it will be seen that the position of thebraces J may be changed, thereby changing the height of the table. Toclose the table, the short legs E are swung upward toward the point ofthe table, so as to lie fiat against the top. The braces J' swing upwardagainst the table-top between the lugs G and the legs D, the notches clin the legs D closing over the rodjot' the braces. The links IIstraighten out against the table-top between the legs D and 1G, and thelegs E lie flatwise against the tabletop, so that when the table isfolded together it occupies but very little space.

I have shown the table as adapted for ironing; but it is obvious thatany sort of tabletop may be used.

Having thus describednlyinvention,Iclain1 as new and desire to secure byLetters Patcut- 1. A collapsible table comprising a fiat top having arecessed strip fixed to the under side thereof, a pair of legs pivotedto one end of the strip, a pair of legs pivoted to the tabletop andadapted to extend diagonally across the other legs, braces pivoted tothe longer legs and provided attheir upper ends with a rod adapted toslide in the recessed strip, and links connecting said braces with theshorter legs, substantially as described.

2. A table comprising a flat top, a longitudinally-recessed strip fixedto the under side of the top, a pair of legs pivoted on the stripadjacent to one end of the table, a pair of shorter legs centrallypivoted to the table-top and adapted to cross the other legs, saidshorter legs having a transverse rod to support the longer legs, bracespivoted on the longer legs and extending to the tabletop and having aconnecting-rod adapted to slide in the recessed strip, and links pivotedto the lower ends of the braces and to the shorter legs, substantiallyas described.

3. A table comprising a Hat top, a strip fixed to the underside of thetop and provided with a longitudinal recess and with transverserecesses, as shown, a removable stop adapted to fit the transverserecesses, legs pivoted to the table-top and adapted to fold against thesame, braces pivoted to one pair of the legs and extending to thetable-top, said braces being connected by a rod moving in the recessedstrip, and links pivoted to the lower ends of the braces and to theopposite legs, substantially as described.

HERBERT M. LANDERS.

Witnesses:

A. B. KILBOURNE, K. H. HAXTON.

